Windows 7 beta 1 review — I've now had my hands on Windows 7 beta 1 build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400 (the build that is widely expected to be made available to beta testers by Microsoft early in January) and have had some time to compose my thoughts and feelings about this latest release.

Twitority Made It. — Folks first, excuse my french, I was just asking for a simple feature nothing else, yeah okay using the word authority was... my french. Oh and yeah, you are right number of followers is in no way a measure of any authority. I find it interesting to search through …

Tweetree: Twitter.com on Steroids — Although I'm a big Twitter fan, the company has its shortcomings. Fortunately, there's no lack of third-parties more than happy to step into the fray. — Case in point is Tweetree, which has developed a better and more user-friendly online interface than Twitter.com.

Correspondence Is Making A Comeback — I was thinking of making a broader point in my “quill pen” post yesterday but ran out of time so I decided to do that with today's post. — Before the telephone came along, correspondence mostly consisted of letter writing, like the Adams/Jefferson letters I mentioned in yesterday's post.

Weightbot: simple weight tracker for iPhone and iTouch — I love apps that make a very specific task as easy as it ought to be. That's why I love Weightbot, an iPhone/iPod Touch weight tracking app developed by Tapbots. I confess that I used to keep track of my weight in a Numbers document.

Sony struggles with creation of its virtual world — Michael Marsh, an 18-year-old gamer from Norwalk, Conn., wanted to set up a gay/straight alliance club in PlayStation Home, Sony's new free 3-D virtual world component for the PlayStation 3. — The problem was that the words he was using …

Satyam is seen as possible deal target — India's embattled Satyam Computer Services could become the country's first large outsourcing company to merge or be taken over amid increasing doubts over whether its founding family still controls the company. — India's fourth-largest software outsourcer …

Avoid Downloading Fake Torrents and Spam with Vertor — It is no secret that badly moderated sites are often filled with spam, spyware and worse. The true power behind the best torrent sites are the moderators, since they are the ones who monitor all uploads and remove the bad apples by hand.

2008 Intel converts: Bigger flock than Apple — When Apple converted to Intel in 2005 that was big. But 2008 Intel Atom converts make this look like a small-town baptism. — Overall, it was a good year for the Intel faithful despite the Wall Street financial crisis.